Ultrasound guided needle placement supervision & interpretation at HCA FLORIDA ST. PETERSBURG HOSPITAL

6500 38TH AVENUE, NORTH, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1518911031

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$8.60 with BCBS vs $887.73 with Prime Health — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
BCBS MGMCRHMO $8.60
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $9.18
Aetna MCR $13.48
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $14.07
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $14.07
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $15.24
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $15.24
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $15.24
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $15.24
AvMed HIX $15.63
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $30.09
United OptionsPPO $32.05
Molina MGMCR $37.13
AvMed HMOFI $42.99
AvMed ASOEO $48.85
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $49.83
Molina HIX $52.76
Humana PPO $54.72
Humana HMO $54.72
Aetna ASA $58.63
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $87.94
Plotkin Health COMM $97.71
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $97.71
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $97.71
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $146.56
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $146.56
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $146.56
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $166.11
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $179.79
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $869.43
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $869.43
Prime Health WorkersComp $887.73
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Ultrasound guided needle placement supervision & interpretation at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,702.61 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,492.64 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $2,947.22 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $1,213.62 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $3,020.82 not published
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $893.10 $28.13 – $917.15
martin north hospital Stuart $893.10 $25.17 – $539.50
indian river hospital Vero Beach $701.35 $24.07 – $863.20

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